September 17, 2009, 4:14PM

FOLEY, Ala. -- The Alabama Department of Public Health today lifted the swimming advisory for Arnica Bay at Pirates Cove. Water samples collected Wednesday from the southeast Baldwin County site showed that bacteria numbers had returned to levels below the Environmental Protection Agency's threshold for safe swimming, according to a Health Department news release. Full story »

August 19, 2009, 3:08PM

State health officials issued an advisory this afternoon cautioning against swimming at Fairhope's public beach on Mobile Bay. Two recent water quality tests found enterococcus bacteria levels indicating possible health hazards to swimmers at the site, according to an Alabama Department of Public Health press release. Full story »

July 24, 2009, 8:22PM

State officials say they have identified a fungus and a type of bacteria that played roles in the fish kills around Mobile Bay this spring. The fungus and the bacteria also are blamed for causing some of the bloody lesions seen on speckled trout, redfish, sheepshead, mullet and croaker this year. More importantly, reports of diseased fish have decreased... Full story »

May 29, 2009, 5:47PM

The Alabama Department of Public Health today lifted the swimming advisory issued for the waters of Mobile Bay at Volanta Avenue in Fairhope. Water samples collected from this location Thursday tested in levels deemed acceptable by Environmental Protection Agency, officials said. Samples are analyzed for enterococci bacteria, with high counts indicating the possibility that other disease-causing germs could be present.... Full story »